The government's Warm Homes Plan must be a political priority
David Lennan , Chairman, National Warm Homes Council The Labour government has pledged to upgrade five million homes in the next parliament to cut bills for families as part of its Warm Homes Plan. But how does the government go about delivering it? The UK has the least insulated and energy-efficient homes in Western Europe. For too long, this has been causing harm to residents across Britain, millions of whom are experiencing fuel poverty and struggling to pay sky-high energy bills. The government's Warm Homes Plan to tackle these issues is laudable. Still, the retrofit industry will find it incredibly challenging to scale up quickly to achieve the target of upgrading millions of homes. Bridging this gap means detailed answers from new ministers to key questions, including: • How does the government plan to recruit and train the thousands of workers needed to fix our homes? • How will it support the industry to source materials, free up supply chains and ge...